State Sen. Ira I. Silverstein (D-Ill.)
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Recent News About State Sen. Ira I. Silverstein (D-Ill.)
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Still struggling to be heard, Rotheimer to hold press conference Monday on sexual harassment
It has been more than three months since long-time victims rights advocate Denise Rotheimer repeated during a public hearing accusations of sexual harassment against a high-ranking Illinois state senator and still she can't seem to be heard.
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Ives backing Rotheimer's push to appear before ethics panel in Silverstein case
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is throwing her support behind Denise Rotheimer’s ongoing crusade to appear before the ethics panel hearing testimony about her sexual harassment compliant against Sen. Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago).
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New ethics inspector set to investigate only 10 of 27 backlogged complaints
Approximately a month after assuming her role, Special Legislative Inspector General (LIG) Julie Porter said only about a third of the nearly 30 ethics complaints she inherited are worthy of investigation, according to a Dec. 20 memo from the Legislative Ethics Commission.
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Lawyer Julie Porter named to long vacant Special Legislative Inspector General post overseeing state legislator ethics
Evanston Lawyer Julie B. Porter, 45, will fill Illinois' Legislative Inspector General post, vacant for nearly three years.